The pure society : from Darwin to Hitler / André Pichot ; translated by David Fernbach.

Author/creator Pichot, André
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Verso, 2009.
Descriptionxxiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleSociété pure. English
Contents The naturalization of society -- The critique of social Darwinism -- Evolutionary altruism -- Sociobiology today -- Darwinism, society and morality -- Methodological issues -- The origins of eugenics -- The extension of heredity to disorderly behaviour -- Eugenics in the United States and Europe -- German eugenics before and under Nazism -- The extermination of the mentally ill -- The resurgence of eugenics -- The classification of races -- Gumplowicz and racial struggle -- Racism, anti-semitism and biology -- The present perspective.
General noteTranslated from the French.
General note"First published as La société pure de Darwin à Hitler"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.
ISBN9781844672448 (hbk.)
ISBN1844672441 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ751 .P4813 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold